India Club in London

Subject :History

Section: Modern History

Context: Historic India Club in London with roots in independence movement announces closure:

More about the news:

The India Club, which was founded on The Strand in 1951, will shut its doors on September 17 and could now be turned into a luxury hotel.
The club was set up by the India League, a British-based organization set up in 1928 to campaign for India’s independence,
Founding members of the club included Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister , Krishna Menon and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the wife of the country’s last viceroy.

Who was V. K. Krishna Menon:

Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian academic, politician, and non-career diplomat.
He wrote the first draft of the Preamble to the Constitution of India,initiated the idea of the Constituent Assembly of India and was the architect, and the person who coined the name, of the Non-Aligned Movement
He was chairman of the Indian delegation at the United Nations General Assembly from 1953 to 1962, at sessions of the United Nations Trusteeship Council from 1953 to 1956, and to the Eighteen Nation Committee on Disarmament.
He was a member of the Indian National Congress and also at one time a member of the British Labour Party.